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Well, we've had quite a few of these lately, so I figured we might want another aggregate thread. Sometimes a news story just doesn't warrant a whole thread. It's unlikely to spawn a meaningful discussion, and it's not very important. These can be funny, sad, morbid or just interesting. On the off chance that one of these sparks a real discussion of decent length, a new thread could be made. I'll start the bidding:

That is, piracy which occurs after a film has premiered at the box office. In this case, there’s a positive effect on box office revenue through an increase in word-of-mouth promotion (WOM).

We find that the volume of online WOM mediates the impact of piracy on the box office. Based on counterfactual simulations, the WOM-effect from post-release piracy on the box office increases revenue by about 3.0%

Steam: [GWJ]MeatMan | "Now I know where to go if I have a hankering for testicles." –Higgledy

Gan’s home, where he lives with roommates, had been punctured five times in the night, PC Gamer first reported after Gan posted about the incident on Twitter. Bullet holes marred the south wall. He didn’t know why, and chalks it up to some kids partying too hard nearby.

Welcome to 2019 USA, where your home can get shot five times and you mark it down to "some kids partying too hard nearby".

Gan’s home, where he lives with roommates, had been punctured five times in the night, PC Gamer first reported after Gan posted about the incident on Twitter. Bullet holes marred the south wall. He didn’t know why, and chalks it up to some kids partying too hard nearby.

Welcome to 2019 USA, where your home can get shot five times and you mark it down to "some kids partying too hard nearby".

Drunk people shooting signs and stuff like that has been pretty standard for decades. Stupid reckless assholeish behavior but nothing new.

Gan’s home, where he lives with roommates, had been punctured five times in the night, PC Gamer first reported after Gan posted about the incident on Twitter. Bullet holes marred the south wall. He didn’t know why, and chalks it up to some kids partying too hard nearby.

Welcome to 2019 USA, where your home can get shot five times and you mark it down to "some kids partying too hard nearby".

Drunk people shooting signs and stuff like that has been pretty standard for decades. Stupid reckless assholeish behavior but nothing new.

Gan’s home, where he lives with roommates, had been punctured five times in the night, PC Gamer first reported after Gan posted about the incident on Twitter. Bullet holes marred the south wall. He didn’t know why, and chalks it up to some kids partying too hard nearby.

Welcome to 2019 USA, where your home can get shot five times and you mark it down to "some kids partying too hard nearby".

Drunk people shooting signs and stuff like that has been pretty standard for decades. Stupid reckless assholeish behavior but nothing new.

Uhhhh... Not where I live.

Fair enough. Oklahoma isn't exactly high up on the social graces scale.

Gan’s home, where he lives with roommates, had been punctured five times in the night, PC Gamer first reported after Gan posted about the incident on Twitter. Bullet holes marred the south wall. He didn’t know why, and chalks it up to some kids partying too hard nearby.

Welcome to 2019 USA, where your home can get shot five times and you mark it down to "some kids partying too hard nearby".

Drunk people shooting signs and stuff like that has been pretty standard for decades. Stupid reckless assholeish behavior but nothing new.

Uhhhh... Not where I live.

Fair enough. Oklahoma isn't exactly high up on the social graces scale.

"Over the past 16 years, we've learned that many travelers buy travel insurance and just assume they're covered if anything goes wrong, without actually reading the details of their policy," Squaremouth wrote. "However, this often leads to claims for losses that are not covered. This lack of understanding is one of the biggest reasons travel insurance claims are denied."

"One of the biggest reasons travel insurance claims are denied is because we don't cover things a significant number of people who payed us think should be covered under travel insurance."